Toy hook-and-ladder truck.



No. 666,529, I 3 Patented Ian. 22, l90lii 'H. T. KINGSBURY.. TOY Ho'oK AND LADDER TRUCK.

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ATENT HARRY THAYER KINGSBURY, OF KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

TOY HOOK-AND-LADDER TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 666,529, dated January 22, 1901. Application filed Tune 14, 1900. Serial No. 20,279. (No od l-J To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY THAYER KINGS- BURY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new ahd useful Improvements in Toy Hook-and- Ladder Trucks, of which the following is a description, reference b eing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to toy hook-and-ladder trucks; and it consists in the improvements hereinafter described and claimed, by which the bodies of such hook-and-ladder trucks may be constructed of pressed steel or other sheet metal.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved truck. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is a rear view. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which one of the side frames is made; and Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are plan views, respectively, of the blanks from which the rear truck-support, the front truck-support, and the seat-support are made.

In the drawings, A A are the side frames of the truck. These are each composed of a single strip of sheet metal, preferably sheetsteel, cut to the form shown in Fig. 4, with the openings Ct a cut therein to lessen weight and add to the appearance of the finished truck, and having formed therein near its upper and lower edges holes a a for the reception of the legs of the ladder-carrying frame B, slit a to receive the lugs 01 on the ends of the front truck-supporting frame D, slit a to receive the lugs e on the seat-supporting frame E, and holes a at either end to receive the ends of the spacing rods or bolts F. The side frames A are also provided a short distance from their rear ends, on their lower edges, with lugs a adapted to enter the slits c in the top portion of the rear-axle support 0.

The side-frame blanks, out to the form shown in Fig. 4, as above described, are pressed or bent to the shape shown in crosssection in Figs. 2 and 3, so as to have the top and bottom corrugations or beads A and the fiat portion A between the beads. The holes a a and slits a and a will when the blanks are bent to form be parallel with the flat portion A The rear-aXle-supporting frame is formed from a blank of the shape shown in Fig. 5, having the holesc near its ends to receive the axle G,-on which the wheels H are mounted, and having the slits 0', adapted to receive the lugs a on the side frames. The blank is bent on the line 0 so that its end portions are at nearly butnot quite right angles to the central portion, and these end portions are again bent on lines 0 so that the portions immediately surrounding the holes 0 are at right angles to the central portion of the support.

The front-aXle-supporting frame is formed from a blank of the shape shown in Fig. 6,

centrally perforated at d to receive the kingbolt K and having the end lugs d. The blank is bent at substantially right angles on line 61 The seat-support is formed of a blank E, out to the form shown in Fig. 7, having the central perforation e, by which the driveris secured in place, the rivet-holes 6 through which pass rivets to hold the seat in place, and end lugs e. The blank is bent at substantially right angles on lines e The side frames having been pressed or otherwise bent to form are secured together by spacing-rods F, the ends of which are secured in the holes a. These spacingrrods are preferably metal .rods having reduced ends adapted to fit the holes a and upset on the outside of the frame, so as to hold the side frames firmly secured together. Any other convenient means for this purpose,such as wooden pieces or metallic rods through which a rod could be run and have its ends upset outside the frames, could, however, be used in place of the spacing-rods described. The rear supporting-frame having the axle G, carrying the wheels H, may then be secured in position by inserting the lugs a of the side frames into the slits o and clenching them against the under side of the support. The front supporting-frame is secured in position by inserting its lugs din the slits a of the side frames and bending them over, as indicated in Fig. 2. To the seat-supporting frame a seat M of the form shown in Fig. 1 and preferably made of cast or malleable iron is secured by rivets passing through the holes 6 and the support carrying the seat is then secured in position by inserting the lugs 6 through the slits a of the side frames. The ladder-supporting frames B, preferably formed of wire bent to the shape shown and having straight legs I), are secured in position by passing their legs I) through the holes a, in the upper edges of the side frames and the corresponding holes in their lower edges. The

truck is then ready for the addition of the front wheels, when it is ready for use.

The hook-and-ladder truck construction,-

as above described, is neat in appearance and is strong enough to withstand very rough usage. Being made throughout of pressed steel it cannot be broken, and by reason of the form given to the several parts is not easily bent out of shape. At the same time it may be easily and cheaply constructed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a toy hook-and-ladder truck, the combination with the side frames having beaded upper and lower edges, of spacing-rods secured to the side frames at points between the beaded edges, and front and rear supportirig-framesforsupportingtheside framesfrom the axles; substantially as described.

2. In a toy hook-and-ladder truck, the combination with the side frames having beaded upper and lower edges and having on their lower edges projecting lugs, of ineans for holding the side frames afixed distance apart, a rear supporting-frame carrying wheels and having slits in which the lugs on the side frames aresecured, and a front supportingframe; substantially as described. 7

3. In a toy hook-and-ladder truck, the combination with the side frames having beaded upper and lower edges, and having slits in their lower edges, of afrontsupporting-frame for supporting the side frames from the front wheels, having lugs secured in the slits in the side frames, and means for supporting the rear of the truck from the rear wheels; substantially as described.

4. In a toy hook-and-ladder truck,the combination with the side frames having beaded upper and lower edges and having slits in their upper edges, of a seat-supporting frame having lugs secured in the slits in the side frames, and means for supporting the front and rear of the side frames from the front and rear wheels; substantially as described.

5. A blank for a side frame of a toy hookand ladder truck, of the form shown, having the openings a, a, the holes a, a, and a a and the slits a and a formed therein and having the lug a substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY THAYER KINGSBURY. 

